In Europe, the Opel line has a reputation similar to the Yugo here. I drove
an Opel Manta in the 70's. Okay car but a bit tinny. It had fuel injection
a full decade before it became popular with US automakers.
There was a joke in Germany - Why do Opel owners keep a bale of straw in
the back seat?
My cousin had one of those things back when, it was like his first "new"
car after a Valiant with push-button shifter for the auto box. He
thrashed the *** out of the thing. He really wanted the Opel GT but
could only afford the Kadett but he would slam powershifts on it. I
remember riding w
The one thing that really sticks in my memory was the shifter on that car. As
I seem to recall (and remember that this is the memory of someone who was in
their early childhood at the time) it seemed like it was really, really long.
Dan
On Nov 11, 2012, at 11:59 AM, Jim Cathey wrote:
>> I re
I remember that car [Kadett] well, as it was so poorly built and "tin
cannish" it wasn't funny.
My HS math teacher had a Kadett. (Logging town, "B" school, you can
imagine
the pay grade.) She lived with her parents, and I think the Kadett was
well-used by that time. Not much of a car, is wh
